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Burkina Faso
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Population as of 2020: 21.5 million 57 of 193
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Region: North Africa
Nominal G.D.P. in 2024: $23.25 billion 123 of 193
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Total merchandise exports in 2024: $5.64 billion. 99 of 193
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These are calendar-year 2024 goods exports reported by Burkina Faso, excluding services. All amounts are nominal 2024 U.S. dollars, valued free on board (FOB), with no inflation adjustment.
These reported general-trade merchandise figures include industrial and commercial free zones, industrial and customs warehouses, and recorded re-exports after temporary admission.
Top Exports
Top 20 export categories, 2024
Ranked by export value.
| Rank | Item | Dollar amount | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold, unwrought, semi-manufactured or in powder form | $4.64 billion | Precious metals, gemstones, jewellery and coins |
| 2 | Raw cotton, not carded or combed | $332.78 million | Cotton |
| 3 | Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts | $111.45 million | Fruit and nuts |
| 4 | Other oilseeds and oleaginous fruits | $98.06 million | Oilseeds, seeds, medicinal plants and fodder |
| 5 | Cement, including cement clinker | $70.62 million | Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement |
| 6 | Petroleum oils other than crude, related preparations and waste oils | $54.48 million | Mineral fuels and oils |
| 7 | Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens | $37.10 million | Fruit and nuts |
| 8 | Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils, not chemically modified | $35.59 million | Animal, vegetable and microbial fats and oils |
| 9 | Tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $22.15 million | Vegetables, roots and tubers |
| 10 | Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes | $16.73 million | Tobacco, tobacco substitutes and nicotine products |
| 11 | Motor vehicles for transporting goods | $13.33 million | Vehicles and vehicle parts |
| 12 | Other oilcake and solid residues from extracting vegetable or microbial fats and oils | $13.33 million | Food-industry residues and animal feed |
| 13 | Sweetened or flavoured waters and other non-alcoholic beverages, excluding fruit, nut and vegetable juices | $12.94 million | Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
| 14 | Live sheep and goats | $12.91 million | Live animals |
| 15 | Self-propelled excavators, loaders, bulldozers and other earth-moving or compacting machinery | $12.88 million | Machinery and mechanical appliances |
| 16 | Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals, or ores; pile drivers and extractors; snow ploughs and snow blowers | $6.66 million | Machinery and mechanical appliances |
| 17 | Live cattle and other bovine animals | $6.57 million | Live animals |
| 18 | Hot-rolled iron or non-alloy steel bars and rods in irregular coils | $6.04 million | Iron and steel |
| 19 | Silver, unwrought, semi-manufactured or in powder form | $5.77 million | Precious metals, gemstones, jewellery and coins |
| 20 | Parts for lifting, handling, excavating and earth-moving machinery | $5.52 million | Machinery and mechanical appliances |
Top 10 importers of Burkina Faso's exports, 2024
Ranked by Burkina Faso's reported merchandise exports to each named destination economy. Separately reported territories may appear. These are recorded export destinations; goods may subsequently be re-exported.
| Rank | Country | Dollar amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland (including Liechtenstein) | $3.17 billion |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | $1.48 billion |
| 3 | Côte d’Ivoire | $163.51 million |
| 4 | Mali | $129.92 million |
| 5 | Ghana | $84.32 million |
| 6 | Togo | $59.94 million |
| 7 | South Africa | $55.19 million |
| 8 | India | $54.27 million |
| 9 | Greece | $54.01 million |
| 10 | Singapore | $46.07 million |
